That line came out of nowhere so yeah I'll give it to him.
Day has the best third round of the year against Verb, IMHO.
Who's your (everyone in this post) top five disappointing of the year?
You mean most disappointing artists or battles? I think Chris Unbias' blog is pretty good, but my top 5 is slightly different b/c I think some of those guys fell off before 2014.
5) Yung Ill - He made his return at the tail end of last year and yet going into this year.. the magic just isn't there anymore. It's just not the same anymore, and it's hard to verbalize. He's just average, and going back to his old battles, I'm confident he was never always like this and dude just fell off. Just feels like the motivation is gone, and it's sad because Ill is one of those dudes. Or was.
4) Real Deal - A personal favourite of mine that had a string of shaky and mediocre performances all year long: Rosenberg Raw, Chilla Jones, Daylyt, Illmaculate, etc. None of those are particularly memorable, and I can't quote a bar from any of them.
3) Qleen Paper - Qleen has so much potential. He is well recognized as one of the most rounded battle rappers. Had great battles against Arsonal and QP, and it almost seemed like Qleen was ready to make a comeback, getting some fantastic match ups too (Rone, Mr. Wavy) and then... the fuckery began. From stealing deposits to not showing up to shit to asking league owners to fly you in early to get your shit written for you... SMH.
2) Aye Verb - This one is personal because I think Verb had a chance to be the GOAT and squandered it. Yeah, he had some good performances this year, but even many of those came with chokes, stumbles, that stupid ass extended Showtime intro to waste time, cheesy bars, etc. I'm not excited to watch battles from one of my favourites because I'm afraid it's going to be on some bullshit or he's gonna come at 60%. And that's sad.
1) Loaded Lux - Between falling into Hollow's trap by using an angle that everyone told him not to use and getting exposed for it in the battle, and that head-scratching performance against Mook, I'm pretty sure Lux has pidgeon-holed himself. Furthermore, Lux has failed to capitalize properly on his SM2 performance by constantly delaying his mixtapes and continually getting exposed for being a hypocrite. I think I'll care about Lux again if he goes back to that Miles Lux, which is best Lux. He loses even more points for doing vlad interview after vlad interview doing his best intelligent person impression. Seriously, he is just rambling in all of those.